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If you’ve ever found yourself shrieking at the sight of a bug scuttling across your living room wall, spare a thought for one Australian driver who recently faced the ultimate test of nerves—and ...

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Our professor said he'd give us extra credit for catching rattlers for his lab, so we set out into the Arizona desert.

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